I hope so. And remember if you get stuck the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but NO cheating!

Begin any time you are ready – and enjoy.

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Q. 1: What superseded the autogiro (or autogyro) in the late 1940s?

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Q. 2: What kind of leaves were often used as currency in 18th century Siberia?

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Q. 3: In the USA, what is (you can have a point for each correct answer)

a. the nickname for the president’s limo

b. the nickname for the brief case with the nuclear codes

c. the name of the helicopter that transports the US President

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Q. 4: What kind of star is our sun? (2 words)

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Q. 5: Which Pink Floyd album is also a chapter in ‘The Wind in the Willows’?

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Q. 6: Which national dance can apparently cure a spider’s bite?

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Q. 7: In Paris, where would you find Franklin D Roosevelt, Victor Hugo and George V?

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Q. 8: What do many men collect in an ‘omphalo’?

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Q. 9: The original ‘two bits’ (quarter coin) looked like a cake or pie shaped wedge and was one quarter of what?

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Q. 10: General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (of Alamo fame) had two funerals. The first one took place while he was President of Mexico and he himself was a mourner. What was put to rest in this pompous ‘funeral’?

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Q. 11: After the investigation, why was all the Challenger Space Shuttle wreckage buried under 50 tons of concrete?

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Q. 12: On a ship, what is a ‘dead head’?

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Q. 13: A Scottish woman was nominated six times for the Oscar for best actress and came away empty handed each time. A record. Who was she?

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Q. 14: The name for which vehicle probably stems from a World War I phrase for a dirty weekend in Paris?

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Q. 15: Which TV family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane?

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Q. 16: Which suave and sophisticated actor played the role of Beau Maverick, Bret Maverick’s English cousin in the US television series Maverick?

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Q. 17: Paris attracts the most visitors in France each year. Which French town attracts 5 million visitors a year and has more hotels than any other French city except Paris?

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Q. 18: Which large vehicle is also a name for Krishna meaning ‘Lord of the Universe’?

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Q. 19: Why did many radio stations around the world observe two minutes of silence in late July, 1937?

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Q. 20: Citizens of which country coined the term ‘Molotov Cocktail’ or ‘Molotov Bread Basket’ to describe their incendiary weapon used against the Soviets in 1939?

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ANSWERS

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Q. 1: What superseded the autogiro (or autogyro) in the late 1940s?

A. 1: The Helicopter

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Q. 2: What kind of leaves were often used as currency in 18th century Siberia?

A. 2: Tea leaves

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Q. 3: In the USA, what is

a. the nickname for the president’s limo

b. the nickname for the brief case with the nuclear codes

c. the name of the helicopter that transports the US President

A. 3: Three Answers

a. “The Beast”

b. “The Football”

c. “Marine One”

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Q. 4: What kind of star is our sun? (2 words)

A. 4: Yellow dwarf

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Q. 5: Which Pink Floyd album is also a chapter in ‘The Wind in the Willows’?

A. 5: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

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Q. 6: Which national dance can apparently cure a spider’s bite?

A. 6: The Tarantella

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Q. 7: In Paris, where would you find Franklin D Roosevelt, Victor Hugo and George V?

A. 7: In the Paris Metro. They are all Metro stations.

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Q. 8: What do many men collect in an omphalo?

A. 8: Fluff (The omphalo is the belly button)

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Q. 9: The original ‘two bits’ (quarter coin) looked like a cake or pie shaped wedge and was one quarter of what?

A. 9: The Spanish silver dollar, the dollars were called pesos de ocho (pieces of eight).

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Q. 10: General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (of Alamo fame) had two funerals. The first one took place while he was President of Mexico and he himself was a mourner. What was put to rest in this pompous ‘funeral’?

A. 10: His amputated leg.

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Q. 11: After the investigation, why was all the Challenger Space Shuttle wreckage buried under 50 tons of concrete?

A. 11: To prevent the parts being sold as souvenirs.

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Q. 12: On a ship, what is a ‘dead head’?

A. 12: Some people think it’s a broken toilet but actually it is a non paying passenger.

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Q. 13: A Scottish woman was nominated six times for the Oscar for best actress and came away empty handed each time. A record. Who was she?

A. 13: Deborah Kerr

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Q. 14: The name for which vehicle probably stems from a World War I phrase for a dirty weekend in Paris?

A. 14: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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Q. 15: Which TV family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane?

A. 15: The Munsters

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Q. 16: Which suave and sophisticated actor played the role of Beau Maverick, Bret Maverick’s English cousin in the US television series Maverick?

A. 16: Roger Moore

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Q. 17: Paris attracts the most visitors in France each year. Which French town attracts 5 million visitors a year and has more hotels than any other French city except Paris?

A. 17: Lourdes

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Q. 18: Which large vehicle is also a name for Krishna meaning ‘Lord of the Universe’?

A. 18: Juggernaut

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Q. 19: Why did many radio stations around the world observe two minutes of silence in late July, 1937?

A. 19: A tribute to Marconi after his death.

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Q. 20: Citizens of which country coined the term ‘Molotov Cocktail’ or ‘Molotov Bread Basket’ to describe their incendiary weapon used against the Soviets in 1939?